Drug abuse: recommendations for California treatment and research facilities.
The California Legislature has directed the Regents of the University of California to collect and act as an information exchange on research and services relating to drug abuse, and to provide advice with respect to fields in which research is needed. The current report, prepared under that directive, outlines the method by which data on drug abuse research and treatment facilities will be collected, and how this data will be prepared so that appropriate recommendations can be made to the state legislature. This initial report also outlines areas of immediate concern in the area of drug abuse for the benefit of the state legislature. These areas include current state policies which interfere with investigators competing for federal research funds; pharmacological misclassification of various agents of drug abuse (including marijuana, cocaine and mescaline); lack of awareness of the major adolescent drug abuse problem in California, namely that associated with methamphetamine abuse; the inconsistent and destructive effects of current Nalline clinic programs, and legal restraints which interfere with the proper treatment of drug abusers by physicians trained in treating such patients.
D002140:California; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control; D006801:Humans; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D012106:Research; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology